《法国中尉女人》思想特色英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

II II strong side. Thus Lao Zi advises people to venerate softness. In the condition of being inferior to the feudal influence, Sarah negates the prejudice against the weak and struggles against feudal influence by adopting the strategy of retreating in order to proceed and venerating softness. She puts her in the bottom of the society and makes her bear no more moral burden. She also turns to Charles by showing weakness and enlists sympathy and support from him and paves the way for her further struggle for independence. However, Sarah is forced to adopt this strategy because her power is inferior to feudal influence and her anxiety is real to some extent and this is the passive side of her. Another important embodiment of Lao Zi’s “In Tao the only motion is returning” is inactivity. In Lao Zi’s opinion, since things move in cycles, people should do things moderately rather than obstinately and this is called inactivity. Charles’ words and deeds reflect his desire to negate dated and stern social values and go back to human nature. However, Charles’ illusion of Utopia is the same as Lao Zi’ ideal society of small country with few citizens, which is a kind of escapement from reality and even regression. In the second chapter, characters and the author of this fiction are analyzed in term of Zhuang Zi’s thoughts of absolute freedom. Zhuang Zi deems that people should negate prejudice, fame and fortune, keep a peaceful heart, appreciate the world but not possess it. Therefore, Zhuang Zi says that “The perfect man cares for no self; the holy man cares for no merit; the sage cares for no name.” As to the aspect of caring for no self, Charles’ finds in nature that every species has its own characters and functions. Thus he understands equality between everything and negates stubbornly persisting in his opinions. His sympathy and help for others are all based on these thoughts. However, Charles’ thoughts of equating everything exaggerate relativity between them and this i